Floor Based Puzzles Tips for IBPS Clerk Prelims & SBI PO Prelims

Reasoning as we all know is an important and tricky section, however it is a major one in every banking exam. One needs to be really good in reasoning if they wish to clear exams like IBPS Clerk, SBI PO etc. As far as the reasoning section is concerned, puzzles forms a major portion. Whether its prelims or mains candidates can expect at least 3 to 4 puzzles. When we further bifurcate puzzles the floor based puzzles are the most common and important out of the lot. Thus, in this article we are here to discuss some important tips as how to solve puzzles for the upcoming IBPS Clerk prelims and SBI PO Prelims examination. Though, the SBI PO 2021 recruitment notification is not out yet, but we would advise the aspirants to start preparing for this exam by taking a free mock test and know your weak and strong areas.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam Pattern

S. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Time allotted for each test (separately timed)
1	English Language	30	30	20 mins
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 mins
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 mins
	Total	100	100	60 mins

NOTE: There is a negative marking of 0.25 mark on every question incorrectly answered

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SBI PO Prelims 2020 Exam Pattern

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Duration
1.	English Language	30	20 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	20 minutes
	Total	100	1 hour

NOTE: Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination.
There will be no sectional cut-off.
Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.
For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.

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As it can be clearly seen that reasoning section is one of the important ones in both IBPS Clerk Prelims and SBI PO Prelims, however the level of IBPS Clerk Prelims is a little easier than that of the SBI PO Prelims. Thus, we are here discussing the practice questions for both IBPS Clerk Pre and SBI PO Pre 2021 exam.

Coming back to the floor based puzzles in this article we will be sharing few tips with you as how to go about the entire topic including the concept, tips and practice questions as well.

How to Go about Solving Floor Based Puzzles- Tips

Firstly, one must read all instructions given very carefully and should not assume anything. Read it thoroughly and make notes including number and types of parameters given, dependent statements, direct and indirect statements if any.
Convert all the given information into notes so that you need not read the entire statements again and again. This will save time too.
Understanding what type of puzzle is it is important. Try to understand its difficulty level too.
Always try solving these puzzles with the statements that has more information.
In floor based puzzles one can even start with odd/even numbered floors
Keep reading and arranging the given information in a format that will help you to solve the puzzle easily.

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Important Points to Consider while Solving Floor Based Puzzles

There are few important points to be kept in mind while solving floor based puzzles are:

If two statements are joined by “and”, in this case the second statement is talking about the first person.
If two statements are joined by “who” the statement given after “who” will be talking about the second person.
By the term adjacent it means next to each other and not opposite.
While solving floor based puzzles it is a good idea to assume that you are one of the persons and this will be easier for you to get an idea.

The candidates those who are preparing now for IBPS Clerk Prelims and SBI PO Prelims are advised to practice as many puzzles as they can. Practicing is the only way by which they can ace this topic and will be able to score better in this. Try attempting a free mock test of IBPS Clerk Pre and SBI PO Pre 2021 which are approaching soon.

This brings us to the end of this article. We advise all the aspirants to practice as many puzzles as possible in order to get the hang of the varied floor based puzzles asked in the banking exams. Keep practicing via mock tests.

Cheena Sawhney